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Nickel Boys is an upcoming American historical drama film based on the 2019 novel The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead. It was directed by RaMell Ross, who co-wrote the screenplay with Joslyn Barnes, and stars Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Ethan Herisse, Fred Hechinger, Hamish Linklater, Brandon Wilson, and Daveed Diggs.
The Nickel Boys is a 2019 novel by American novelist Colson Whitehead. It is based on the historic Dozier School, a reform school in Florida that operated for 111 years and was revealed as highly abusive.
- Colson Whitehead
- 2019
Nickel Boys is a drama film based on Colson Whitehead's novel about two African American men in a reform school in Florida. The film stars Daveed Diggs, Aunjanue L. Ellis, and Fred Hechinger, and is directed by RaMell Ross.
- Ramell Ross
- Daveed Diggs
Sep 25, 2022 · The documentary filmmaker behind Hale County This Morning, This Evening will adapt Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about a juvenile reformatory in Florida. The Nickel Boys is a true story of abuses and friendship in the 1960s, set to shoot in Louisiana next month.
- Jordan Raup
Oct 27, 2022 · The Nickel Boys marks Plan B’s second collaboration with Whitehead, following Barry Jenkins’ Emmy-nominated limited series adaptation of The Underground Railroad for Prime Video, which earned...
- Matt Grobar
Based on Colson Whitehead's novel, Nickel Boys is a drama movie about two boys who survive a corrupt reform school in the 1960s. The movie is directed by RaMell Ross and will be released in 2024.
Oct 27, 2022 · Based on Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, the film will explore the horrors of a Florida reform school that abused its Black residents. Oscar nominee RaMell Ross will direct and co-write the screenplay, and Aunjanue Ellis will lead the cast alongside Ethan Herisse and Brandon Wilson.
